Garment-supporter.



No. 888,027. PATBNTED MAY 19, 1908.

G. M. MORGAN.

GARMENT SUPPORTBR. APPLICATION IILIzD In 23. 1907.

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GRACE MAY MORGAN, OF EAST SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Application led May 23, 1907.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Serial No. 375,358.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRACE MAY MORGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State ofVashington, have invented a new and useful Garment-Supporter, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to garment supporters, and moreparticularly to a novel form of a combined skirt retainer and sup orter.

he objects of the invention are, in a novel and practical manner, totransfer the weight of the skirt from the hips to the shoulders of thewearer, thereby to overcome the discomfort resulting from a heavy skirt;to dis ose the points of attachment of the skirt wit vent the drawing`of the waist across the front part of the neck and down the center ofthe back between the shoulder blades; to obviate injury to the waist andskirt by disensing with the use of pins or other pointed fasteningdevices; to render unnecessary any altering of the skirt to adapt it forconnection with the su por't; and to avoid bunching or creasing of theskirt at its points of attachment with the support.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts of a garment supporter as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate correspondingparta-Figure 1 is a view in elevation taken from the rear of a portionof a human ligure, exhibiting a dress waist and skirt provided with thegarment supporter of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view inperspective taken from the front portion of a human figure, displayingthe manner in which the supporting belt is adjusted. Fig. 3 is a detailview of one of the slides used in connection with the sup orting belt.Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectiona view through the supporting belt and oneof the attaching slides.

Referring to the drawings, W designates a dress waist and S a skirthaving the usual band B. These parts may be of the usual or anypreferred construction and therefore need no detailed description.

The `invention resides in a novel form of the waist in such manner as topre-` supporter, in the use of which greater comfort to the wearer ofthe garments is secured and, further, a better hanging and fitting ofthe garments is obtained.

The invention consists of a belt 1 carrying a plurality of slides 2, inthis instance two in number, and a pair of hooks 3 that are secured tothe waist band B. The belt 1 is preferably, although not of necessity,made of non-elastic webbing and is permanently secured to the back ofthe waist at the hip line by transverse rows of stitches 4, 5, 6 and 7.The belt is of sufficient length to girth the Waist of the wearer and isprovided at one of its front ends with a buckle 8 which will operate, inconjunction with the other end of the belt, to hold the element firmlypositioned. Each of the slides 2, one of which is shown in detail inFig. 3, is constructed of a piece of thin resilient metal of anypreferred size and is provided adjacent its terminals with transverseslots 9 through which the belt extends. As shown in Fig. 1, one of therows of attaching stitches 4 is disposed inside of the slide, by beingpassed through one of the slots 9, and the other row of stitches 5 isdisposed at one side and eXteriorly of the slide, the same dispositionof the stitches being observed with both of the slides. By thisarrangement, the slides will be positively held against any longitudinalmovement relatively to the belt, so that when once positioned upon thewaist there will be absolutely no danger of shifting, whereby the properhanging of the skirt will be assured under all conditions of use. Inassembling the slides with the belt, care should be observed to havethem so disposed as that when the hooks 3 are assembled with the supportthe skirt will be properly positioned around the waist of the wearer sothat perfect hanging and neat fitting will be assured. The lengths ofthe belt or webbing between the terminals of the slides form loops 10between which and the slides the nose of the hooks 3 are inserted, thusnot only effecting a stable connection between the parts but precludingthe possibility of any contact between the hooks and the waist whichwould result in the destruction of the latter. Furthermore, as will beobserved in Fig. 1, the hooks are arranged some distance below the upperedge of the band so that when the slide is assembled with the waist allof the parts of the sup orter will be concealed from view.

The s `des are positioned upon the belt or webbing in linesapproximating those of the center of the shoulders, or only at points inthe strain lines over the shoulders so that when the skirt is assembledwith the supporting belt any drawing of the waist across the front partof the neck and down the center of the back between the shoulders isprevented, whereby the perfect and smooth fitting of' the waist will beassured. Furthermore, by having the loops 2 relatively long, and thehooks 3 relatively wide, any creasing of the waist, which otherwisewould occur, is positively precluded.

The feature which differentiates the present invention from the art isthat the belt is permanently combined with the waist, that is to say, itis not detachable under ordinary conditions, so that when once adjustedthe wearer may be assured that the skirt will always be properlyassembled with the supporter, and that the best results will be securedas to perfection of fitting of the back of the waist and of the skirtover the hip lines.

As will be obvious, in addition to su porting a skirt, the weight of thelatter wil operate to exert a downward pull upon the back of the waist,so that any puckering or bunching of the latter under ythe arm pits andbe tween the shoulder blades will be prevented.

What is claimed is The combination with a dress waist, of a skirtsupporting belt non-slidably secured thereto only at pointsapproximately in the strain lines over the shoulders of the waist anddefining permanently located loops.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of-two witnesses.

v GRACE MAY MORGAN.

Witnesses:

LUETTA D. BISBEE,

JOHN L. WILEY.

